Browsing by Author "Kareyo, Margaret"

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    Assessment of information management in selected rural health centers in Ntungamo district, Uganda
    (International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development, 2018-06) Akiteng, Immaculate; Businge, Phelix Mbabazi; Kareyo, Margaret; Nabayinda, Harriet; Namugabo, Lydia
    Information management has become important in most organizations including hospitals and health centers and this is because access to information and other resources have become easier due to improvement and developments especially in technology. The purpose of this study was to examine the infrastructure used in rural health centers in managing information and to ascertain how quality of information was maintained in rural health centers. The study was conducted in two health centers of Rubaare health center IV, and Rwashamire health center IV, in Ntungamo district in western Uganda, questionnaire were used in the target population of 50, and a sample size of 44. 41 questionnaires were returned and this gave a return rate of 93.2 %.The results showed that infrastructure for information management is available but there is need to improve on the numbers and the findings in maintaining the quality of information clearly demonstrated that the health centers were using the manual or paper based system for maintaining the quality of patient records. The respondents reported having very little computer knowledge and limited access to computers (mean=2.63) and internet services (Mean=2.49), which suggests a lack of necessary skills among the health workers. The respondents disagreed (mean=2.20), that the health centers use an electronic health records system for maintaining patient’s records. The study suggested that health centers use computers in managing patient records and maintaining the quality of information as this will help them ensure privacy of data, reduce errors. The health centers need to establish written policies, which dictate on the relevance of computer knowledge to health workers and its relevance to the performance, quality of patient’s information and have daily backups of the information.
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    Content development for e-business systems: a case study of Foss tools in content development for Kampala international university - Ict
    (Kampala International University, College of Economics and Management., 2008-07) Kareyo, Margaret
    Proprietary software are programs whose licenses give the user permission to run them but are not allowed to share, alter or even redistribute them while Open Source Software/Free Software (OSS/FS), also abbreviated as FOSS (Free Open Source Software) licenses give users the freedom to run the program for any purpose, study, modify, and redistribute copies of either the original or modified program without having to pay royalties to previous developers. This research employed both an explanatory and experimental approach to assess the maturity of FOSS by analyzing its reliability, security, usability and availability, as compared to Proprietary Software. The users can use the discussed results to compare software and thereby purchase appropriate programs for their organizations. This research reveals that OSS/FOSS and proprietary performances depend on the context and situation. When it comes to this parameter, it is hard for one to conclusively say that FOSS or proprietary software is better. The research, however, reveals that FOSS is more reliable and more secure than the proprietary software.
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    Integrated financial management information systems success factors in selected local government districts of Kanungu and Rukungiri
    (International Journal of Scientific Engineering and Science, 2018) Arinatwe, Winfred; Kareyo, Margaret; Businge, Phelix Mbabazi
    This study investigated the success factors of integrated financial management information system in selected local government districts of Kanungu and Rukungiri using by adapting employed the information systems success model of Delone and Mclean (2003) and the CRUT model of Kappos and Rivard (2008) and employing descriptive comparative design. Data was collected from 86 sample size in a total population of 110 using Interviews, observation and questionnaire method. findings revealed that information quality, organisational, technology and user factors were rated very high in Rukungiri and Kanungu with average mean above 3.3; while system and service quality were rated high in both districts of Rukungiri and Kanungu with average mean above 2.8. The study recommended improved IS training and capacity building and encourage IS users in quality participation.